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Now, here are some pictures of my concept for this season.I am going to build a Dalek from the famous British TV series Doctor Who.The 3D model is not 100% correct, I definitly will make some changes while working.But, you can already see a possible outcome of the project.

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While I am waiting for the hardware to arrive and the official start of the season. I took tha chance and ordered some materials I will need.I also made my first trip to the hardware store to buy some wood.The Dalek will be mainly made out of 12mm plywood to ensure it is strong enough to hold all the parts.For some parts, like the base, I will use different types of lumber which are stronger and more rigid.

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Made quite some progress over the weekend.Now that the bottom part is in its final shape, I could go one layer higher.

I constructed the wooden plate, that later will like the top layer of the bottom half.After it was cut out, I marked the final position of the plate.

To get this plate in the right hight, I glued and screwed wooden beams in place and attached the panel on them.Later on I also will attach a wooden beam in the front for more stability.

Just for fun, I already put the water tanks in position. As you can see, I removed the original water tank fromthe pump combi and attached a bigger one. This will be looking better in the end I guess

Before starting with the doors, I created the panel that will hold the two radiators.I used my belt sander to bevel the edges to make the doors later one fit perfectly.

I also made a short test fitting, before I cut the holes to make sure the radiators will definitly fit on the panel.

Then everything was cut out with the jigsaw.

Then the plate was glued into place. By gluing this part down, it creates more stability to the top panel as well as to the entire structure.Lastely, the rediators were attached to check if everything is looking good.

Unfortunately, one door did not hold as I wished. To achieve more stability, I cut horizontal slotsinto the door at the edges of the panels. Then I push wooden block in to the slots and glued then in.After everything was set. I gave the doors again a rough sanding.

Next, I cut the top edge of the door to length.

And again, the last gaps were filled and sanded down.

While the wooden filler dried on the doors, I also started to hide the wooden structure on the base structure.Therefore, I also used spray filler and wooden filler.